Approval has been granted by Scottish Ministers for RES’ redesigned Cairn Duhie wind farm near Ferness, in Nairnshire.
The revised 16-turbine scheme optimises a 20-turbine project through the use of modern turbines, which was previously consented back in 2017.
RES will now take time to review and discharge any planning conditions, before delivering an additional 67.2MW of renewable energy towards the Scottish and UK Government targets.
The project is predicted to deliver around £4.4m of inward investment to the local area in the form of jobs, employment, and the use of local services during construction and the first year of operation.
Craig Smith, Project Manager for RES, said: “Cairn Duhie is an excellent site for a wind farm and we’ve worked hard to carefully design an optimised scheme that maximises the volume of low cost renewable energy that can be generated, for the benefit of consumers.
“We’re delighted with the consent and pleased that the merits of the revised scheme have been recognised.”